GRE Word List
PORTLY
dignified
The meaning of the word portly is dignified.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| quisling | traitor |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |