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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| impuissance | weakness |
| append | attach |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |