GRE Word List
SPANGLE
small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
The meaning of the word spangle is small shiny metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| moribund | dying; at the point of death; CF. death |
| pilfer | steal things of small value; filch; snitch |
| flighty | (esp. of a woman's behavior) capricious; often changing, esp. from one lover to another; impulsive |
| dispirited | lacking in spirit |
| unkempt | disheveled; uncared for in appearance; not combed; CF. comb |
| arduous | hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work |
| transmute | transform; change; convert to something different |
| internecine | mutually destructive |
| seethe | be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent. |
| marred | damaged; disfigured; V. mar: spoil; disfigure |