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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| fabricate | invent |