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 |
|---|---|
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| growl | rumble |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |