GRE Word List
FINISH
to come to an end : terminate
The meaning of the word finish is to come to an end : terminate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| score | twenty |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |