GRE Word List
PROSAIC
characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
The meaning of the word prosaic is characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |