GRE Word List
AIRY
of or relating to air : atmospheric
The meaning of the word airy is of or relating to air : atmospheric.
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| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
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| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
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