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 |
|---|---|
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |