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 |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| rivulet | a small stream |