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 |
|---|---|
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |