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 |
|---|---|
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| deify | to make a god of |