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 |
|---|---|
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| overthrow | overturn |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| provenance | origin |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |