GRE Word List

SOLACE

to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console

The meaning of the word solace is to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console.

Random words

WordMeaning
infestto spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner
abbreviateto make briefer
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
vipera common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans
grudgeto be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully
satiatefilled to satiety
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
affidavita sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense