GRE Word List
PLUME
a feather of a bird: such as
The meaning of the word plume is a feather of a bird: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |