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 |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| congenial | pleasant |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |