GRE Word List
ORNATE
marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
The meaning of the word ornate is marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| headlong | headfirst |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| hap | happening |