GRE Word List
VALEDICTION
an act of bidding farewell
The meaning of the word valediction is an act of bidding farewell.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |