GRE Word List

PORTLY

dignified

The meaning of the word portly is dignified.

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rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
blandishmentsomething that tends to coax or cajole : allurement
inveterateconfirmed in a habit : habitual
resonantcontinuing to sound : echoing
rifeprevalent especially to an increasing degree
kindleto start (a fire) burning : light
retrospectiveof, relating to, or given to retrospection
rectitudethe quality or state of being straight
rotunditymarked by roundness : rounded
sibyllineany of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)