GRE Word List

ELABORATION

planned or carried out with great care

The meaning of the word elaboration is planned or carried out with great care.

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WordMeaning
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
discomposeto destroy the composure of
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
odysseya long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune
conveneto come together in a body
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
menageriea place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition
plauditan act or round of applause
warrena place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant)
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)