GRE Word List
GUISE
a form or style of dress : costume
The meaning of the word guise is a form or style of dress : costume.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |