GRE Word List
EMBROIDER
to ornament with needlework
The meaning of the word embroider is to ornament with needlework.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
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| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
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| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
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| upshot | the final result : outcome |