GRE Word List
FESTIVE
of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival
The meaning of the word festive is of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
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| oligarchy | government by the few |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| lumber | to move ponderously |