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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |