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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|---|---|
| dissension | disagreement |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
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| demur | to take exception : object |
| apprehend | arrest |
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