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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |