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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| implode | to burst inward |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| quizzical | comically quaint |