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 |
|---|---|
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |