GRE Word List
DOUR
stern
The meaning of the word dour is stern.
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obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
marrow | bone marrow |
puissant | having puissance : powerful |
fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |