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 |
|---|---|
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |