GRE Word List
FETE
festival
The meaning of the word fete is festival.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| baroque | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |