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 |
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| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
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| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
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| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
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