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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| viable | capable of living |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |