GRE Word List

PORTLY

dignified

The meaning of the word portly is dignified.

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WordMeaning
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
fretto eat or gnaw into : corrode
taintto contaminate morally : corrupt
stoutstrong of character: such as
wistfulfull of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
indenturea document or a section of a document that is indented
blemishto spoil by a flaw
sullengloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly