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 |
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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 |