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 |
|---|---|
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |