GRE Word List
PLUMAGE
the feathers of a bird
The meaning of the word plumage is the feathers of a bird.
Random words
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explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
pudding | blood sausage |
musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |