GRE Word List
LIMN
to draw or paint on a surface
The meaning of the word limn is to draw or paint on a surface.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calorific | caloric |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |