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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| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ยน/โโ part of pure gold in an alloy |
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| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
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| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
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