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 |
|---|---|
| pummel | pound |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| boor | peasant |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |