GRE Word List

CYNOSURE

the northern constellation Ursa Minor

The meaning of the word cynosure is the northern constellation Ursa Minor.

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WordMeaning
sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
unwarrantedlacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
slaughterthe act of killing
well-bredhaving or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class
succumbto yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
conceitfavorable opinion
crassgross
infernalof or relating to a nether world of the dead