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 |
|---|---|
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| bauble | trinket |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| shambles | a meat market |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |