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 |
|---|---|
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| 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) |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |