GRE Word List
AMENITIES
something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment
The meaning of the word amenities is something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pitfall | trap |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| acetic | vinegary |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| distend | extend |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |