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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| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
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| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
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| lewd | obscene |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |