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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| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |