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 |
|---|---|
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |