GRE Word List
COUNTENANCE
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |