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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hamperto restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede
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rectifyto set right : remedy
redolentexuding fragrance : aromatic
annotateto make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
tenuoushaving little substance or strength : flimsy
diversediffering from one another : unlike
palpablecapable of being touched or felt : tangible
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law