GRE Word List

VENEER

a thin sheet of a material: such as

The meaning of the word veneer is a thin sheet of a material: such as.

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revertto come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
swillwash
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
averto declare positively
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
tactileperceptible by touch : tangible