GRE Word List
EMBOSS
to raise the surface of into bosses
The meaning of the word emboss is to raise the surface of into bosses.
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| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
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| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
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