GRE Word List
FETE
honor at a festival; celebrate or honor with a feast; N. (outdoor) festival or feast; CF. feast
The meaning of the word fete is honor at a festival; celebrate or honor with a feast; N. (outdoor) festival or feast; CF. feast.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| baroque | highly ornate |
| denouement | final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained |
| flamboyant | ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored; ostentatious; showy; CF. flame |
| wisp | small bunch (of hair); faint streak (of smoke) |
| forego | give up; do without |
| notoriety | disrepute; ill fame |
| foul | very bad or disagreeable; very dirty; Ex. foul smell/flavor/temper/language/air/deed/weather/means; N. act against the rules; V. make or become foul; commit a foul |
| drastic | strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic changes/measures |
| laceration | torn ragged wound; V. lacerate: tear (the skin as with broken glass); wound |
| stupor | state of being stupefied; state of apathy; daze; lack of awareness |
