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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abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
apoplexy | stroke |
potentate | ruler |
dint | force |
impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |