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 |
|---|---|
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| hallowed | holy |