GRE Word List
CREST
top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird
The meaning of the word crest is top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gustatory | affecting or relating to the sense of taste |
| engage | attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle |
| whimsy | whim; tendency to behave amusingly strangely; Ex. story full of whimsy |
| plenitude | abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; CF. plenary, plenty |
| court | attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster |
| impeach | charge (a public official) with crime in office; raise doubts about; indict; Ex. impeach a witness's credibility |
| entrance | put under a spell(condition caused by magical power); carry away(fill with strong feeling) with emotion; put into a trance; fill with delight |
| equable | tranquil; of even calm temper; (of temperature) steady; uniform |
| tundra | rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America |
| baleful | evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look |
