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.
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| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |