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 |
|---|---|
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| lax | loose |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |