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 |
|---|---|
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| purported | reputed |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |