GRE Word List

AUREOLE

a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage

The meaning of the word aureole is a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage.

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impersonalhaving no personal reference or connection
feuda mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
complementsomething that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect
computeto determine especially by mathematical means
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
dulltedious
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
passiveacted upon by an external agency
warrantsanction