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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| libido | instinctual 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 |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| obscure | dark |