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 |
|---|---|
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |