GRE Word List
COLOSSAL
of, relating to, or resembling a colossus
The meaning of the word colossal is of, relating to, or resembling a colossus.
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| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
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| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
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| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
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