GRE Word List
DAINTY
something delicious to the taste
The meaning of the word dainty is something delicious to the taste.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |