GRE Word List
SUMPTUOUS
extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent
The meaning of the word sumptuous is extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent.
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fell | skin |
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pinnace | a light sailing ship |
denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
verbalize | to express something in words |