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 |
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| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |