GRE Word List

FOLIAGE

a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation

The meaning of the word foliage is a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation.

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WordMeaning
gibeto utter taunting words
crestfallenhaving a drooping crest or hanging head
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues
creepto move along with the body prone and close to the ground
poreto gaze intently
magnanimitythe quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
obscuredark