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
parryto ward off a weapon or blow
flagany of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
mnemonicassisting or intended to assist memory
devoidbeing without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment
screecha high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
scotchscottish
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
corpulenthaving a large bulky body : obese