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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expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
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frigidintensely cold
poseto set forth or offer for attention or consideration
entreethe act or manner of entering : entrance
bristlea short stiff coarse hair or filament
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seditionincitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority