GRE Word List
AVIARY
a place for keeping birds confined
The meaning of the word aviary is a place for keeping birds confined.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |