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

WordMeaning
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
habituateto make used to something : accustom
jingoistextreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
extirpateto destroy completely : wipe out
implicationsomething implied: such as
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
resignrelegate
disquietudeanxiety
abjectsunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe