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.
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abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
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petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
haggard | not tamed |
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plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |