GRE Word List

PORTLY

dignified

The meaning of the word portly is dignified.

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stippleto engrave by means of dots and flicks
supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
vignettea picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
shirkto go stealthily : sneak
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naivetea naive remark or action
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)
evinceto constitute outward evidence of