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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WordMeaning
monolithicof, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
yokea wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together
tomebook
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
myriadten thousand
braga pompous or boastful statement
insidioushaving a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle
buffoona ludicrous figure : clown
notcha V-shaped indentation