GRE Word List
WOEFUL
full of woe : grievous
The meaning of the word woeful is full of woe : grievous.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |