GRE Word List
REVELRY
noisy partying or merrymaking
The meaning of the word revelry is noisy partying or merrymaking.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |