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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| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |