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 |
|---|---|
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| prong | fork |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |