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 |
|---|---|
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |