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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| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
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| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
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| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |