GRE Word List

EMBROIDER

to ornament with needlework

The meaning of the word embroider is to ornament with needlework.

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WordMeaning
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
sustainto give support or relief to
injuriousinflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental
grimacea facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
cardinala high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college
roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
arrogancean attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions