GRE Word List
TRANCE
stupor
The meaning of the word trance is stupor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |