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 |
|---|---|
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |