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 |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |