GRE Word List
AMBIENCE
a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere
The meaning of the word ambience is a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |