GRE Word List

CREST

a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration

The meaning of the word crest is a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration.

Random words

WordMeaning
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
grouseany of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
lewdobscene
concordatcompact
flashylacking in substance or flavor : insipid
eclipsethe total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
consanguineousof the same blood or origin
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
faunaanimal life
prosperousauspicious