GRE Word List
GENTILITY
the condition of belonging to the gentry
The meaning of the word gentility is the condition of belonging to the gentry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |