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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| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| passe | past one's prime |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |