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 |
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| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |