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 |
|---|---|
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |