GRE Word List
FROND
fern leaf; palm or banana leaf
The meaning of the word frond is fern leaf; palm or banana leaf.
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|---|---|
| comprehensive | broad; including a lot or everything; thorough; inclusive |
| tumid | (of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous |
| herd | group of animals; crowd; one who looks after a herd; Ex. shepherd/goatherd; Ex. herd instinct; Ex. herdsman; V: come together in a herd; look after a herd; Ex. herd cattle |
| ennui | boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy |
| aspersion | slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on |
| mottled | blotched in coloring; spotted; Ex. mottled face; V. mottle: mark with blotches of different colors |
| tenancy | possession of land or building by rent; period of a tenant's occupancy |
| inverse | opposite |
| pulpit | raised platform used in preaching (in a church) |
| doddering | shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder |
