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 |
|---|---|
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| prattle | prate |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |