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 |
|---|---|
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |