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 |
|---|---|
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| disport | sport |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |