GRE Word List
CYNOSURE
the northern constellation Ursa Minor
The meaning of the word cynosure is the northern constellation Ursa Minor.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| congenial | pleasant |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| grotto | cave |