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.
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| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |