GRE Word List
ALCOVE
a small recessed section of a room : nook
The meaning of the word alcove is a small recessed section of a room : nook.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pungent | sharply painful |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |