GRE Word List
GARNISH
decorate
The meaning of the word garnish is decorate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |