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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explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent
mitigateto cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify
patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
honeto sharpen or smooth with a whetstone
consortassociate
whelpany of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog
palatethe roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate
partitionthe action of parting : the state of being parted : division
ulcera break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish