GRE Word List
YORE
time past and especially long past
The meaning of the word yore is time past and especially long past.
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|---|---|
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
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| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
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| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |