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 |
|---|---|
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |