GRE Word List
YOKE
a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
The meaning of the word yoke is a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mischance | bad luck |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| stilted | pompous |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| shack | hut |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |