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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WordMeaning
apologistsomeone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism
sobernot intoxicated
despiseto look down on with disrespect or aversion
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
colloquialused in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation
saturnineborn under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn
interveneto occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)