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 |
|---|---|
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |