GRE Word List
SENTENTIOUS
given to or abounding in aphoristic expression
The meaning of the word sententious is given to or abounding in aphoristic expression.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| broach | brooch |