GRE Word List
GENIALITY
cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy; ADJ. genial: cheerful and good-tempered
The meaning of the word geniality is cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy; ADJ. genial: cheerful and good-tempered.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mantle | loose sleeveless outer garment; cloak; something that covers or envelops; the layer of the earth between the crust and the core |
| unassuming | modest; Ex. the champion's unassuming manner |
| forswear | renounce under oath; abandon; make a solemn promise to give up; CF. abjure |
| recital | act of reciting publicly; detailed account; performance of music or dance (by a solo performer) |
| badger | pester; annoy continually with demands; persuade by asking again and again; Ex. The children badgered me into taking them into the cinema; N: a kind of mountain animal |
| canker | any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer |
| bungle | mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior |
| strew | spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter; Ex. flower girl strewing rose petals |
| hatch | deck opening; lid covering a deck opening; V: emerge from an egg; produce (young) from an egg |
| penury | extreme poverty; stinginess; ADJ. penurious: very poor; stingy |