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 |
|---|---|
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| cue | the letter q |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |