GRE Word List
OBTRUDE
to thrust out : extrude
The meaning of the word obtrude is to thrust out : extrude.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| sophist | philosopher |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| spoof | deceive |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |