GRE PICTURE DICTIONARY
ADORN:
■ verb make more attractive; decorate.
adorner noun
adornment noun
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(Eg) I always want to adorn my car with various attractive car-stickers.
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ACCORD:
■ verb
give or grant someone (power or recognition).
(accord with) be harmonious or consistent with.
■ noun
an official agreement or treaty.
agreement or harmony.
of one's own accord without being asked or forced.
with one accord in a united way.
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(Eg) As a result of Bill's efforts, Rahul and Pale signed an accord of sharing revenues.
ADULATION:
■ noun excessive admiration.
adulate verb
adulator noun
adulatory adjective
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(Eg) He always loves the adulation conferred on him by his supporters.
APPARITION:
■ noun a remarkable thing making a sudden appearance.
▶a ghost.
apparitional adjective
(Eg) The ghostly figure near the boy is really apparitional.
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AUTOMATON:
■ noun (plural automata -tə or automatons)
a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being.
a machine which performs a function according to a set of coded instructions.
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(Eg) In future the automaton will be the part every household to carry out various duties.
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ASTEROID:
■ noun
a small rocky body orbiting the sun.
Zoology an echinoderm of a class (Asteroidea) comprising the starfishes.
asteroidal adjective
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(Eg) Sometimes asteroids may be as large as earth
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ADULTERATE:
■ verb ə'dʌltəreɪt make (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.
■ adjective ə'dʌlt(ə)rət archaic not pure or genuine.
adulterant adjective
adulteration noun
adulterator noun
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(Eg) The picture depicts the commonly used elements for adulteration of food supplies.
AFFECTED:
■ adjective
artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress.
archaic disposed or inclined in a specified way.
affectedly adverb
affectedness noun
artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress.
archaic disposed or inclined in a specified way.
affectedly adverb
affectedness noun
-->(Eg) The affected reactions of the title winners in beauty pegants annoyed him.
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AEGIS:
■ noun
the protection, backing, or support of someone.
(in classical art and mythology) an attribute of certain gods represented as a goat skin shield.
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(Eg) The metal shield was served as an aegis for the infantry of the kings.
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APPALL:
■ verb (appals, appalling, appalled)
greatly dismay or horrify.
[as adjective appalling] very bad or displeasing.
appallingly adverb
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(Eg) Mr.Bush was appalled by the court's decision.
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