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.

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WordMeaning
palpitateto beat rapidly and strongly : throb
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
tentativenot fully worked out or developed
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
vampirethe reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep
exemplifyto show or illustrate by example
tractablecapable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
mimicryan instance of mimicking
copiousyielding something abundantly
anodyneserving to alleviate pain