GRE Word List

NUBILE

of marriageable condition or age

The meaning of the word nubile is of marriageable condition or age.

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sanctimonioushypocritically pious or devout
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
quintessencethe fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
vervethe spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain
quagmiresoft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot