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 |
|---|---|
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |