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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WordMeaning
bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
distantseparated in space : away
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
cullto select from a group : choose
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
inanimatenot animate:
selectiveof, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
sedatekeeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled