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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| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
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