GRE Word List

GLAMOR

an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness

The meaning of the word glamor is an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness.

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emolumentthe returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites
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sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality
underscoreto draw a line under : underline