GRE Word List
PULCHRITUDE
physical comeliness
The meaning of the word pulchritude is physical comeliness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| cipher | zero |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |