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 |
|---|---|
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| concentric | having a common center |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |