GRE Word List
COIFFURE
a style or manner of arranging the hair
The meaning of the word coiffure is a style or manner of arranging the hair.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| savant | a person of learning |