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
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| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| devious | wandering |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| unsavory | insipid |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |