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 |
|---|---|
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| defalcate | deduct |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |