GRE Word List
WHOLESOME
conducive to mental or physical health; healthful
The meaning of the word wholesome is conducive to mental or physical health; healthful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bastard | illegitimate child |
| apiculture | bee-keeping |
| jaundice | medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow; V: affect with jaundice; affect with prejudice, envy, or hostility; bias |
| rag | scrap of cloth; ADJ. ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; Ex. ragged debut/performance |
| legislature | legislating branch of government; CF. legislate: make laws |
| enhance | increase; make greater (as in value, reputation, or usefulness); improve |
| flicker | burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement |
| quip | taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V. |
| expatriate | exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land; V: exile; banish; leave one's country |
| poseur | person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others; person who poses; CF. pose |
