GRE Word List
AVIARY
a place for keeping birds confined
The meaning of the word aviary is a place for keeping birds confined.
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|---|---|
| steep | lofty |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| cataclysm | flood |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |