GRE Word List
PORTLY
dignified
The meaning of the word portly is dignified.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |