GRE Word List
WAKE
to be or remain awake
The meaning of the word wake is to be or remain awake.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| scintilla | spark |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |