GRE Word List
REINSTATE
to place again (as in possession or in a former position)
The meaning of the word reinstate is to place again (as in possession or in a former position).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| violate | break |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |