GRE Word List
VENUE
locale
The meaning of the word venue is locale.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| implode | to burst inward |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |