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 |
|---|---|
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| ram | a male sheep |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| tout | to make much of : promote |