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 |
|---|---|
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| ploy | escapade |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |