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 |
|---|---|
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| 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 |