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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repineto feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
pulpitan elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service
concentrichaving a common center
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
paradoxone (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases
guilelessinnocent
respirationthe movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
duressforcible restraint or restriction
perpetualcontinuing forever : everlasting