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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| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |