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 |
|---|---|
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| veracious | truthful |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |