GRE Word List
WAKE
to be or remain awake
The meaning of the word wake is to be or remain awake.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| sophist | philosopher |