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 |
|---|---|
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| guy | man |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |