GRE Word List

AZURE

the blue color of the clear sky

The meaning of the word azure is the blue color of the clear sky.

Random words

WordMeaning
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
complementaryserving to fill out or complete
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning
aquilinecurving like an eagle's beak
emasculateto deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken
furtivedone in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
atrocitya shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation
depleteto empty of a principal substance