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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| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |