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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illuminateto supply or brighten with light
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
astronomicalof or relating to astronomy
wafflea crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
dabbleto work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest
cantataa composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment
demurereserved
ordainto invest (see invest