GRE Word List
PORTLY
dignified
The meaning of the word portly is dignified.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| billow | wave |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |