GRE Word List
REMINISCENCE
recollection; V. reminisce: recollect the past
The meaning of the word reminiscence is recollection; V. reminisce: recollect the past.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opulence | extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance; ADJ. opulent: possessing great wealth; abundant |
| smudge | dirty mark with unclear edges made by rubbing; V. |
| writ | written command issued by a court (telling someone to do or not to do something) |
| paraphernalia | equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF. married woman's property exclusive of her dowry |
| tundra | rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America |
| quaint | odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; old-fashioned; picturesque |
| shangri-la | imaginary remote paradise on earth; CF. Lost Horizon |
| connubial | pertaining to marriage or the matrimonial state |
| rudimentary | elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language |
| bemoan | lament; moan for; express sorrow or disapproval of |
