GRE Word List
EMBROIDER
to ornament with needlework
The meaning of the word embroider is to ornament with needlework.
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| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
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| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| concatenate | linked together |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
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