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 |
|---|---|
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |