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 |
|---|---|
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |