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 |
|---|---|
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| primal | original |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| rotunda | a round building |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |