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

WordMeaning
amorousstrongly moved by love and especially sexual love
parallelismthe quality or state of being parallel
retrieveto locate and bring in (killed or wounded game)
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
alludeto make indirect reference
exasperateto cause irritation or annoyance to
gauchelacking social experience or grace
diversediffering from one another : unlike
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
traverseto go or travel across or over