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 |
|---|---|
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| purveyor | one that purveys |