GRE Word List
SOJOURN
a temporary stay
The meaning of the word sojourn is a temporary stay.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |