GRE Word List
PORTLY
dignified
The meaning of the word portly is dignified.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| plait | pleat |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |