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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
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| brawny | muscular |
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