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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
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| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
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