GRE Word List
DEPICT
portray
The meaning of the word depict is portray.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hostage | person who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy so that the other side will do what the enemy demands |
| blue | gloomy; depressed |
| sycophant | servile flatterer; bootlicker; yes man; ADJ. sycophantic |
| gravity | seriousness; ADJ. grave |
| crypt | secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church) |
| smattering | slight knowledge; small scattered number or amount; Ex. smattering of German |
| poseur | person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others; person who poses; CF. pose |
| indulge | yield to; gratify; allow oneself a special pleasure; Ex. indulge one's every whim/a child/in a big cigarette; N. indulgence |
| pugnacity | combativeness; disposition to fight; ADJ. pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature |
| blues | state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
