GRE Word List
TRINKET
a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring)
The meaning of the word trinket is a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| submerge | to put under water |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |