GRE Word List
REVERIE
daydream
The meaning of the word reverie is daydream.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| defer | put off |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |