GRE Word List

SOJOURN

a temporary stay

The meaning of the word sojourn is a temporary stay.

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gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
resolveto deal with successfully : clear up
tributesomething given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved
voguepopular acceptation or favor : popularity
bigotryobstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot
invoketo petition for help or support
vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
earmarka mark of identification on the ear of an animal
quaya structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place