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 |
|---|---|
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| irate | roused to ire |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |