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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| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| prong | fork |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |