GRE Word List
PORTLY
dignified
The meaning of the word portly is dignified.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |