GRE Word List
RESURRECT
to raise from the dead
The meaning of the word resurrect is to raise from the dead.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| romp | one that romps |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |