GRE Word List
GLAZE
cover with a thin and shiny surface; apply a glaze to; N: thin, smooth, shiny coating (as for pottery); Ex. unglazed pottery
The meaning of the word glaze is cover with a thin and shiny surface; apply a glaze to; N: thin, smooth, shiny coating (as for pottery); Ex. unglazed pottery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consolidation | unification; process of becoming firmer or stronger; V. consolidate: merge; strengthen |
| fracas | brawl(noisy quarrel or fight) in which a number of people take part; melee |
| dismiss | eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal |
| satire | form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly |
| awe | solemn wonder; feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with awe; ADJ. awesome |
| conjure | cause to appear by magic; summon (a devil or a spirit) by magical power; practice magic (esp. by very quick movement of the hands); evoke; conjure up: bring into the mind; Ex. The magician conjured a rabbit out of his hat. |
| procurement | obtaining; V. procure: obtain by effort; obtain (a prostitute) for another |
| agnostic | one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality |
| sophistry | seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning; sophism |
| fusion | union; coalition; V. fuse |