GRE Word List
ALIMENTARY
supplying nourishment
The meaning of the word alimentary is supplying nourishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flaunt | display ostentatiously; Ex. ``Honey, if you've got it, flaunt it !'' |
| voluminous | having great volume (as of a garment or container); bulky; large |
| buxom | full-bosomed; plump; jolly |
| conventional | ordinary; typical; not nuclear; Ex. conventional weapons |
| delusion | false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that |
| vintner | wine merchant; winemaker; seller of wine |
| stentorian | (of the voice) extremely loud; CF. Stentor: a loud herald in the Iliad |
| finesse | delicate skill; V: handle with finesse |
| defer | give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment; CF. show respect, comply with, courteous |
| profound | deep; not superficial; complete; Ex. profound thinker/remark/silence/deafness; N. profundity |
