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 |
|---|---|
| influx | a coming in |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| aver | to declare positively |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |