GRE Word List
AMPLIFY
to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis
The meaning of the word amplify is to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| guileless | innocent |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| spare | not being used |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |