GRE Word List
SYLVAN
one that frequents groves or woods
The meaning of the word sylvan is one that frequents groves or woods.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| writ | something written : writing |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |