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 |
|---|---|
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| trample | tramp |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |