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 |
|---|---|
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| nomenclature | name |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |