GRE Word List
BROCADE
a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver
The meaning of the word brocade is a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| convene | to come together in a body |