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 |
|---|---|
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |