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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amity | friendship |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |