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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expungeto strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
arrhythmiclacking rhythm or regularity
incendiaryigniting combustible materials spontaneously
infidelone who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
capitulateto surrender often after negotiation of terms
prohibitivetending to prohibit or restrain
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
heraldan official at a tournament of arms (see arm
diminutionthe act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease