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 |
|---|---|
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| whittle | a large knife |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |