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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WordMeaning
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
uproariousmarked by uproar
coymarked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
ensueto strive to attain : pursue
cumbersomeunwieldy because of heaviness and bulk
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
leavena substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)