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 |
|---|---|
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |