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 |
|---|---|
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |