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 |
|---|---|
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |