GRE Word List
REVELRY
noisy partying or merrymaking
The meaning of the word revelry is noisy partying or merrymaking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| conflagration | fire |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| blackball | to vote against |