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 |
|---|---|
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| garnish | decorate |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |