GRE Word List
GARNISH
decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N.
The meaning of the word garnish is decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discount | disregard; regard (a story or news) as unimportant; deduct from a cost |
| credo | creed |
| marginal | of a margin; barely within a limit; Ex. marginal effect/writing ability |
| sustain | suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners |
| extort | wring from; get money by threats, etc.; obtain by force or threats; CF. extortionate: exorbitant |
| impugn | dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); attack as false or questionable; challenge; gainsay; CF. fight |
| yore | time long past; Ex. in the days of yore |
| upshot | outcome; final result |
| impetus | moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse |
| proclivity | inclination; natural tendency (esp. towards something bad) |