GRE Word List
EMBROIDER
to ornament with needlework
The meaning of the word embroider is to ornament with needlework.
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| annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
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| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| impinge | encroach |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
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| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
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