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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mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
quirkan abrupt twist or curve
arcaneknown or knowable only to a few people : secret
unassumingnot assuming : modest
giddydizzy
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance