GRE Word List
CORNUCOPIA
a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
The meaning of the word cornucopia is a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |