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 |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| overwhelm | upset |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |