GRE Word List
FLORID
very flowery in style : ornate
The meaning of the word florid is very flowery in style : ornate.
Random words
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| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| cataclysm | flood |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |