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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| haven | harbor |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |