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 |
|---|---|
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| executioner | one who executes |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| nourishment | food |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |