GRE Word List
EXTOL
to praise highly : glorify
The meaning of the word extol is to praise highly : glorify.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wanton | merciless |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |