GRE Word List
PULCHRITUDE
physical comeliness
The meaning of the word pulchritude is physical comeliness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |