GRE Word List
TOME
large volume; book
The meaning of the word tome is large volume; book.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accost | approach and speak first to a person |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile; incompatible; not able to be resolved |
| vulture | carrion-eating birds |
| canny | shrewd in money matters; thrifty |
| bacchanalian | drunken |
| frigid | intensely cold; cold in manner; Ex. frigid zone |
| stringent | (of rules) binding; rigid; marked by scarcity of money; Ex. stringent economic conditions |
| amorous | moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances |
| welter | wallow (as in mud or high seas); lie soaked (as in blood); Ex. The victims weltered in their blood. |
| affront | insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally |
