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 |
|---|---|
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |