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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| grouse | any 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 |
| lewd | obscene |
| concordat | compact |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| fauna | animal life |
| prosperous | auspicious |