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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consternation | great shock; dismay |
| douse | plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse |
| denotation | meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation |
| astute | wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage |
| dispense | distribute; prepare and give out (medicines); N. dispensation: dispensing; religious system; official exemption from an obligation or a rule |
| temperament | characteristic frame of mind; disposition; emotional excess; ADJ. temperamental: of temperament; having frequent changes of temper; Ex. temperamental dislike of sports; Ex. temperamental actress |
| exact | demand and obtain by force; Ex. exact a promise from him; N. exaction |
| commemorate | honor the memory of; serve as a memorial to; Ex. commemorate the 100th anniversary/those who died in the war |
| iota | very small quantity |
| potentate | monarch; sovereign |
