GRE Word List

ENHANCE

heighten

The meaning of the word enhance is heighten.

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WordMeaning
soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
florescencea state or period of flourishing
horoscopea diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
polygamistmarriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry
compatiblecapable of existing together in harmony
tippleto drink liquor especially by habit or to excess
lollto hang loosely or laxly : droop
parryto ward off a weapon or blow