GRE Word List
PULCHRITUDE
physical comeliness
The meaning of the word pulchritude is physical comeliness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| quench | put out |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |