GRE Word List
SENTINEL
sentry
The meaning of the word sentinel is sentry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |