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 |
|---|---|
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| pungent | sharply painful |