GRE Word List

PORTLY

dignified

The meaning of the word portly is dignified.

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scotchscottish
engenderbeget
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vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
pinionthe terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges