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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consortassociate
penitentfeeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant
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irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
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