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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| gyroscope | a 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 |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |