GRE Word List
PORTLY
dignified
The meaning of the word portly is dignified.
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|---|---|
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| aria | air |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| sophist | philosopher |
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