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 |
|---|---|
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| savant | a person of learning |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| dilute | attenuate |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
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