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 |
|---|---|
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |