GRE Word List
ORNATE
marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
The meaning of the word ornate is marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |