GRE Word List
COMELY
pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion
The meaning of the word comely is pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |