GRE Word List
DIGNITARY
one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor
The meaning of the word dignitary is one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| refrain | curb |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |