GRE Word List
RUSTIC
pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person
The meaning of the word rustic is pertaining to country people; unsophisticated; simple; crude; uncouth; (of furniture) rough with the bark left on; N. rural person; rustic person.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mortify | humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die |
| gaunt | lean and angular; thin and bony; emaciated; barren |
| fussy | fastidious; finicky; easily upset |
| exasperate | vex; annoy or make angry (by testing the patience) |
| forerunner | predecessor; one that comes before and indicates the approach of another |
| polygamist | one who has more than one spouse at a time; CF. bigamy; CF. polyandry |
| seamy | sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life |
| bicker | quarrel |
| deplete | reduce; exhaust |
| umbrage | resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult; Ex. take umbrage at his rudeness |
