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.

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vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
untowarddifficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
tolla tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
bovineof, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow
slapdashhaphazard
snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase