GRE Word List
DEPICT
to represent by or as if by a picture
The meaning of the word depict is to represent by or as if by a picture.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |