GRE Word List
REPOSE
a state of resting after exertion or strain
The meaning of the word repose is a state of resting after exertion or strain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demure | reserved |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |