GRE Word List
FLORID
very flowery in style : ornate
The meaning of the word florid is very flowery in style : ornate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| ebullient | boiling |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| gnome | maxim |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |