GRE Word List

LUNAR

crescent

The meaning of the word lunar is crescent.

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WordMeaning
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
fermentto undergo fermentation
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication
retrenchcut down
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
progenitoran ancestor in the direct line : forefather
hindmostfarthest to the rear : last
magniloquentspeaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner