GRE Word List
CORDON
an ornamental cord or ribbon
The meaning of the word cordon is an ornamental cord or ribbon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| random | a haphazard course |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| broach | brooch |