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 |
|---|---|
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| append | attach |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |