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 |
|---|---|
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| plait | pleat |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |