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 |
|---|---|
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| distend | extend |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| espouse | marry |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| rarefied | being less dense |