GRE Word List
PLUMAGE
the feathers of a bird
The meaning of the word plumage is the feathers of a bird.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |