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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volubleeasily rolling or turning : rotating
orthographythe art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage
emasculateto deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken
demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
stoutstrong of character: such as
incapacitateto deprive of capacity or natural power : disable