GRE Word List
ORNATE
excessively or elaborately decorated
The meaning of the word ornate is excessively or elaborately decorated.
Random words
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|---|---|
| venue | location; place (of a crime, trial, gathering, etc.); CF. come |
| obstetrician | physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies; N. obstetrics; CF. midwife |
| contravene | contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention |
| adverse | going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile |
| amnesia | loss of memory |
| corollary | natural consequence (which naturally follows from something else) |
| pliant | flexible; easily influenced |
| matriculate | enroll (in college or graduate school); CF. matrix |
| denounce | condemn; criticize; N. denunciation |
| coincidence | the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental |
