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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| raspy | harsh |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| fabricate | invent |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |