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 |
|---|---|
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |