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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| random | a haphazard course |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |