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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|---|---|
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
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| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
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| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |