GRE Word List
STATELY
marked by lofty or imposing dignity
The meaning of the word stately is marked by lofty or imposing dignity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |