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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| Word | Meaning |
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| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
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| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |