GRE Word List
AUGMENT
increase; add to
The meaning of the word augment is increase; add to.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malaise | uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health (without any particular pain or appearance of disease) |
| gory | bloody; N. gore: blood (from a wound) |
| fertile | producing many young, fruits, or seeds; (of land) producing good crops; V. fertilize |
| espionage | spying |
| relapse | return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N. |
| elevation | elevated position; altitude; height; flat upright side of a building; angle made by pointing a gun; Ex. The elevation of her style is much admired; Ex. front elevation of the house |
| extraneous | not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject |
| attrition | rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition |
| sidetrack | switch (a railroad car) to a siding; divert from a main issue; N. CF. siding: short section of railroad track connected by switches with a main track |
| vainglorious | boastful; excessively conceited; N. vainglory: great vanity |
