GRE Word List
PARQUET
to furnish with a floor of parquet
The meaning of the word parquet is to furnish with a floor of parquet.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| invalid | not valid: |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
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