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 |
|---|---|
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |