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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| trample | tramp |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |