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 |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |