GRE Word List
GENTEEL
having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish
The meaning of the word genteel is having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |