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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |