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 |
|---|---|
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |