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.
Random words
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| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |