GRE Word List
REVELRY
noisy partying or merrymaking
The meaning of the word revelry is noisy partying or merrymaking.
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| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
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| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| viable | capable of living |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |