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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| postulate | demand |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| tome | book |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |