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

WordMeaning
cresta showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
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chivalrousvaliant
interdicta Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
autocraticof, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute
testatora person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
evocativeevoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response