GRE Word List
RHAPSODIZE
to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner
The meaning of the word rhapsodize is to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |