GRE Word List
AESTHETIC
of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful
The meaning of the word aesthetic is of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |