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 |
|---|---|
| haggard | not tamed |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| pummel | pound |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| extant | currently or actually existing |