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 |
|---|---|
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| raiment | clothing |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| reek | smoke |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |