GRE Word List

PORTLY

dignified

The meaning of the word portly is dignified.

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laxloose
subpoenaa writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
jocundmarked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
partialitythe quality or state of being partial : bias
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
meddlesomegiven to meddling
demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
tantamountequivalent in value, significance, or effect