GRE Word List
DISGRUNTLE
make discontented
The meaning of the word disgruntle is make discontented.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| optimum | most favorable; optimal; N: most favorable condition |
| protean | able to take on many forms; versatile; CF. Proteus: sea god to change his shape at will |
| naivete | quality of being unsophisticated; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility; ADJ. naive(na\"ive): ingenuous; lacking worldliness; simple; credulous |
| palatial | of or suitable for a palace; magnificent |
| scale | climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones |
| buoyant | able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of wood/water/American market |
| masquerade | wear a mask or disguise; pretend; N: costume party or ball at which masks are worn; pretense; disguise |
| percussion | striking one object against another sharply; Ex. percussion instrument; N: striking together of two bodies; sound caused by percussion |
| treatise | article treating a subject systematically and thoroughly |
| vigilant | watchful; on the alert; watchfully awake; alert to spot danger; N. vigilance |
