GRE Word List
PORTLY
dignified
The meaning of the word portly is dignified.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |