GRE Word List
GENTLE
free from harshness, sternness, or violence
The meaning of the word gentle is free from harshness, sternness, or violence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| contrive | devise |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |