GRE Word List

HANDSOME

having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance

The meaning of the word handsome is having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance.

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virusany of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants
stagnantnot flowing in a current or stream
palleta straw-filled tick or mattress
peruseto examine or consider with attention and in detail : study
soporificcausing or tending to cause sleep
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
relegateto send into exile : banish
pontificalepiscopal attire
asymmetrichaving two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical