GRE Word List
PORTLY
dignified
The meaning of the word portly is dignified.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| grotto | cave |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |