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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rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
facade | the front of a building |
blues | low spirits : melancholy |
provenance | origin |