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 |
|---|---|
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |