GRE Word List
DESCRY
to catch sight of
The meaning of the word descry is to catch sight of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |