GRE Word List
AMICABLE
characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable
The meaning of the word amicable is characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| 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") |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |