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 |
|---|---|
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |