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 |
|---|---|
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| pending | during |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |