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 |
|---|---|
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |