GRE Word List
PRATE
to talk long and idly : chatter
The meaning of the word prate is to talk long and idly : chatter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ยน/โโ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| reverberate | reflect |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |