GRE Word List
PREEN
to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
The meaning of the word preen is to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| retribution | recompense |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |