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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WordMeaning
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
phalanxa body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
olfactoryof or relating to the sense of smell
bemoanto express deep grief or distress over
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
diminutionthe act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
censora person who supervises conduct and morals: such as