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 |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |