GRE Word List
FESTIVE
joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival
The meaning of the word festive is joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stratagem | deceptive scheme; clever trick |
| incumbent | obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office |
| vivid | (of light or color) bright and distinct; evoking lifelike mental images; Ex. vivid red hair/description |
| suspend | cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspension |
| juggernaut | irresistible crushing force; overwhelming advancing force that crushes everything in its path |
| trough | long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.); long narrow depression as between waves |
| vixen | female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew |
| pendulous | hanging; suspended |
| mentor | counselor; teacher |
| disparity | difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity |
