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 |
|---|---|
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| polity | political organization |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |