GRE Word List
FASHION
the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time
The meaning of the word fashion is the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |