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 |
|---|---|
| chafe | irritate |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |