GRE Word List

AFFABLE

being pleasant and at ease in talking to others

The meaning of the word affable is being pleasant and at ease in talking to others.

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pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
exemplifyto show or illustrate by example
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shearto cut off the hair from
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implicationsomething implied: such as
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imperiousmarked by arrogant assurance : domineering
illusivebased on or producing illusion : illusory