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 |
|---|---|
| amend | to put right |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| opus | work |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |