GRE Word List
FRIEZE
a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface
The meaning of the word frieze is a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface.
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| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
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| quarry | game |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
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