GRE Word List
GROTTO
cave
The meaning of the word grotto is cave.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| edifice | building |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |