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 |
|---|---|
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |