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 |
|---|---|
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| trenchant | keen |