GRE Word List
GARISH
clothed in vivid colors
The meaning of the word garish is clothed in vivid colors.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ancillary | subordinate |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |