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 |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| devious | wandering |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| tome | book |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |