GRE Word List
FLOWERY
full of flowers; full of ornate expressions
The meaning of the word flowery is full of flowers; full of ornate expressions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| legerdemain | sleight(dexterity) of hand; CF. light of hand |
| millennium | thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity |
| miserly | stingy; mean |
| rationale | fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based); fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action |
| trickle | flow in drops or in a thin stream; N. |
| condign | adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved |
| queer | strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal |
| physiognomy | face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features |
| pellucid | transparent; limpid(crystal clear); clear in meaning; easy to understand |
| relapse | return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N. |
