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 |
|---|---|
| forebears | ancestor |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |