GRE Word List
MELLIFLUOUS
having a smooth rich flow
The meaning of the word mellifluous is having a smooth rich flow.
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|---|---|
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
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| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| raspy | harsh |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |