GRE Word List
SOJOURN
a temporary stay
The meaning of the word sojourn is a temporary stay.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
slacken | to make less active : slow up |
dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
sedentary | not migratory : settled |
motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
querulous | habitually complaining |
ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |