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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |