GRE Word List

MIRAGE

an optical (see optical

The meaning of the word mirage is an optical (see optical.

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dismissto permit or cause to leave
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
supinelying on the back or with the face upward
embroiderto ornament with needlework
congruencethe quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent
sumptuousextremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent
scantylimited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent
besiegeto surround with armed forces
gnomemaxim
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect