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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |