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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|---|---|
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
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| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |