GRE Word List

HUMMOCK

a rounded knoll or hillock

The meaning of the word hummock is a rounded knoll or hillock.

Random words

WordMeaning
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
overturnto cause to turn over : upset
compatiblecapable of existing together in harmony
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
fakenot true, real, or genuine : counterfeit
cascadea steep usually small fall of water
optimista person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism
orthographythe art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage