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 |
|---|---|
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |