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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| mammal | any 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 |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |