GRE Word List
GULL
any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
The meaning of the word gull is any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |