GRE Word List

DELINEATE

to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail

The meaning of the word delineate is to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail.

Random words

WordMeaning
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
lunarcrescent
slavishof or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude
enclavea distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
malapropismthe usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase
sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
genericrelating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general