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 |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |