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 |
|---|---|
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |