GRE Word List
COLLECTED
gathered together
The meaning of the word collected is gathered together.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |