GRE Word List

GARNISH

decorate

The meaning of the word garnish is decorate.

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WordMeaning
havocwide and general destruction : devastation
collateto compare critically
lowhaving a small upward extension or elevation
dissembleto hide under a false appearance
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
aghaststruck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset
bruntthe principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
forlornbereft
brindledhaving obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject