GRE Word List
TRIBUTE
something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved
The meaning of the word tribute is something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |