GRE Word List
FLORID
very flowery in style : ornate
The meaning of the word florid is very flowery in style : ornate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |