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 |
|---|---|
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| fester | to generate pus |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |