GRE Word List
SOJOURN
a temporary stay
The meaning of the word sojourn is a temporary stay.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |