GRE Word List
YORE
time past and especially long past
The meaning of the word yore is time past and especially long past.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| concur | to express agreement |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |