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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|---|---|
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| garnish | decorate |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |