GRE Word List
SOJOURN
a temporary stay
The meaning of the word sojourn is a temporary stay.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| apprehend | arrest |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |