GRE Word List
VIVID
(of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description
The meaning of the word vivid is (of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description.
Random words
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venerable | deserving high respect; commanding respect; CF. command: deserve and get |
aquiline | curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex. aquiline nose |
disport | amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert |
bogus | counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview |
excise | cut away; cut out; N: government tax on good produced and used inside a country; N. excision |
catapult | slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult |
counterpart | thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system |
penetrate | enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand |
incidence | rate of occurrence; particular occurrence; Ex. high incidence of infant mortality |
witticism | witty saying; wisecrack(clever joking remark) |