GRE Word List
PORTLY
dignified
The meaning of the word portly is dignified.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| scotch | scottish |
| engender | beget |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |