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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consort | associate |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| rightful | just |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |