GRE Word List
GUISE
outward appearance; costume; Ex. in a new guise
The meaning of the word guise is outward appearance; costume; Ex. in a new guise.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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seamy | sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life |
auxiliary | offering or providing help; additional or subsidiary; N: helper; assistant |
dote | be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline |
adventitious | accidental; casual; happening by chance |
aloft | upward; high up in the air |
macabre | gruesome; grisly; ghastly; CF. of death |
gazette | official periodical publication; newspaper |
pharisaical | pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical |
turbulence | state of violent agitation; ADJ. turbulent: violently agitated or disturbed |
prude | excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature); N. prudery; ADJ. prudish: excessively concerned with propriety |