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 |
|---|---|
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| residual | remainder |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| brevity | shortness of duration |