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 |
|---|---|
| ossify | to change into bone |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| wry | twist |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |