GRE Word List
STATELY
marked by lofty or imposing dignity
The meaning of the word stately is marked by lofty or imposing dignity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| forebears | ancestor |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |