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 |
|---|---|
| submissive | submitting to others |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |