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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |