GRE Word List
GARISH
clothed in vivid colors
The meaning of the word garish is clothed in vivid colors.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |