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 |
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| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
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| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |