GRE Word List
ORIFICE
an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass
The meaning of the word orifice is an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
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| garish | clothed in vivid colors |