GRE Word List
ORNATE
marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
The meaning of the word ornate is marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |