GRE Word List
PULCHRITUDE
physical comeliness
The meaning of the word pulchritude is physical comeliness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |