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 |
|---|---|
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| medium | something in a middle position |