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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| espouse | marry |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |