GRE Word List
ILLUSION
a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion
The meaning of the word illusion is a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |