GRE Word List
GILD
to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
The meaning of the word gild is to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
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| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
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| cadaver | a dead body |