GRE Word List
TOME
large volume; book
The meaning of the word tome is large volume; book.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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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 |