GRE Word List
DENOUNCE
condemn; criticize; N. denunciation
The meaning of the word denounce is condemn; criticize; N. denunciation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assimilate | absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking) |
| vagary | capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander |
| striated | marked with parallel bands; striped; grooved; Ex. striated rocks; V. striate; N. stria: thin groove or line |
| forge | counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated |
| repulse | reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $\neq$ cause repulsion |
| curmudgeon | churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person |
| garish | overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy |
| plebeian | common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; N: common people in ancient Rome; CF. patrician |
| parity | equality; close resemblance; CF. disparate |
| exotic | not native; from another part of the world; strange; intriguingly unusual; Ex. exotic flower/dress |