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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nuptialof or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony
etymologythe 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
irrefutableimpossible to refute : incontrovertible
sedatekeeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled
uxoriousexcessively fond of or submissive to a wife
determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
implodeto burst inward
banteringto speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
quizzicalcomically quaint