GRE Word List
VIRILE
having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree
The meaning of the word virile is having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| primal | original |