GRE Word List

SOJOURN

a temporary stay

The meaning of the word sojourn is a temporary stay.

Random words

WordMeaning
disdaina feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn
sluggarda habitually lazy person
posthumousborn after the death of the father
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
outmodednot being in style
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
onomatopoeiathe naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss)
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
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