GRE Word List
HALCYON
characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
The meaning of the word halcyon is characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |