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 |
|---|---|
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |