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 |
|---|---|
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |