GRE Word List

SATURNINE

born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn

The meaning of the word saturnine is born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn.

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suppressto put down by authority or force : subdue
rigto fit out with rigging
smudgeto make a smudge on
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
unsightlynot pleasing to the sight : not comely
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
diurnalactive chiefly in the daytime
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity