GRE Word List
UPROAR
a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance
The meaning of the word uproar is a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| unique | being the only one : sole |