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 |
|---|---|
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| collected | gathered together |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |