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 |
|---|---|
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| acclaim | applaud |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |