GRE Word List
WOE
a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
The meaning of the word woe is a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief.
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tome | book |
urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |