GRE Word List
AUGUST
marked by majestic dignity or grandeur
The meaning of the word august is marked by majestic dignity or grandeur.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| score | twenty |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |