GRE Word List
LIONIZE
to treat as an object of great interest or importance
The meaning of the word lionize is to treat as an object of great interest or importance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| 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 |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |