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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WordMeaning
willowyabounding with willows
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
plumagethe feathers of a bird
inevitableincapable of being avoided or evaded
dispenseto divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions
microcosma little world
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
bacchanaliaa Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry