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 |
|---|---|
| license | permission to act |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |