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 |
|---|---|
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| antecede | precede |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |