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.
Random words
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mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
stilted | pompous |
nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
solicitor | one that solicits |
implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
capsize | to cause to overturn |
apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |