GRE Word List
AUGUST
marked by majestic dignity or grandeur
The meaning of the word august is marked by majestic dignity or grandeur.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |