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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berserkan ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable
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implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied
beguilehoodwink
spoofdeceive
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
vexto bring trouble, distress, or agitation to
germinateto cause to sprout or develop
augurydivination from auspices (see auspice
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