GRE Word List
MODISH
fashionable
The meaning of the word modish is fashionable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |