GRE Word List
REGICIDE
a person who kills a king
The meaning of the word regicide is a person who kills a king.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rightful | just |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |