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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WordMeaning
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
disheveledmarked by disorder or disarray
careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
responsivenessgiving response : constituting a response : answering
decorousmarked by propriety and good taste : correct
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
pushyaggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward
understateto represent as less than is the case
luminousemitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light
meniala person doing menial work