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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
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| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| approbation | commendation |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |