GRE Word List
ALCOVE
nook; recess
The meaning of the word alcove is nook; recess.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bombast | grandiloquent, pompous speech |
| satiate | satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated |
| cleft | N: split |
| impious | irreverent |
| toady | servile flatterer; yes man; sycophant; V: be a toady to; fawn |
| vivid | (of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description |
| checkered | marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares |
| canker | any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer |
| ogle | look at amorously; make eyes at; Ex. old men ogling young girls |
| lethal | deadly |