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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| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| ensconce | shelter |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |