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 |
|---|---|
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |