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 |
|---|---|
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| slake | subside |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |