GRE Word List
PORTLY
dignified
The meaning of the word portly is dignified.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| demerit | offense |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |