GRE Word List
ADORN
to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects
The meaning of the word adorn is to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| 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 |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |