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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| acetic | vinegary |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |