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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abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
fleet | a number of warships under a single command |