GRE Word List
REPARATION
a repairing or keeping in repair
The meaning of the word reparation is a repairing or keeping in repair.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |