GRE Word List
ANGULAR
forming an angle : sharp-cornered
The meaning of the word angular is forming an angle : sharp-cornered.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |