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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WordMeaning
rustleto make or cause a rustle
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ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
miniaturea copy on a much reduced scale
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relishcharacteristic flavor
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use