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 |
|---|---|
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| hap | happening |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |