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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WordMeaning
chideto speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
dysenterya disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
distinctivemarking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
monarchyundivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
ejaculationan act of ejaculating
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal