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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WordMeaning
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
hirsutehairy
disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
obtrudeto thrust out : extrude
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
concorda state of agreement : harmony
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness