GRE Word List
OBSCURE
dark; vague; unclear; not well known; Ex. obscure meaning/village; V: darken; cover; make unclear; Ex. obscure the moon/meaning
The meaning of the word obscure is dark; vague; unclear; not well known; Ex. obscure meaning/village; V: darken; cover; make unclear; Ex. obscure the moon/meaning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| countenance | approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance |
| grandiloquent | (of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic |
| cohorts | group of people who share some common quality; armed band; a group of between 300 and 600 soldiers under one commander (in the ancient Rome) |
| debris | rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed |
| rubble | fragments (esp. from a destroyed building) |
| larder | pantry; place where food is kept |
| despondent | without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection |
| baleful | evil; malignant in intent or effect; deadly; having a malign influence; portending evil; ominous; threatening; Ex. baleful look |
| prominent | protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent |
| trivia | trifles; unimportant matters |