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 |
|---|---|
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |