GRE Word List
CUISINE
manner of preparing food : style of cooking
The meaning of the word cuisine is manner of preparing food : style of cooking.
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|---|---|
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
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| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| ploy | escapade |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |