GRE Word List

DESCRY

to catch sight of

The meaning of the word descry is to catch sight of.

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WordMeaning
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
multiformhaving many forms or appearances
sovereigntysupreme power especially over a body politic
nauticalof, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
innovationa new idea, method, or device : novelty
schismdivision