GRE Word List
SOJOURN
a temporary stay
The meaning of the word sojourn is a temporary stay.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |