GRE Word List
FILIGREE
delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork
The meaning of the word filigree is delicate ornamental lacelike metalwork.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| narrative | related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration |
| curfew | regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew |
| girth | distance around something; circumference |
| baffle | frustrate; perplex |
| forestall | prevent by taking action in advance |
| sledge | large sled drawn by work animals |
| feasible | practical; able to be carried out; practicable |
| contempt | scorn; disdain; ADJ. contemptuous; CF. contemptible |
| disfigure | mar the appearance of; spoil |
| vibrant | full of vigor or energy; vibrating |
