GRE Word List
AVOW
to declare assuredly
The meaning of the word avow is to declare assuredly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| gerontology | the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |