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 |
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| 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 |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |