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 |
|---|---|
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |