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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |