GRE Word List

RIVETING

having the power to fix the attention : engrossing

The meaning of the word riveting is having the power to fix the attention : engrossing.

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facadethe front of a building
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
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incarnationthe act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate
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