GRE Word List
FLUTED
having or marked by grooves
The meaning of the word fluted is having or marked by grooves.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| portly | dignified |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| postulate | demand |
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |