GRE Word List
AUGMENT
to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
The meaning of the word augment is to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |