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.

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wheedleto influence or entice by soft words or flattery
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
spartana native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta
poseto set forth or offer for attention or consideration
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
harrowingacutely distressing or painful
righteousacting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data