GRE Word List
GENTLE
kindly; soft; mild; of good family
The meaning of the word gentle is kindly; soft; mild; of good family.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| poultice | soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body |
| groom | man employed to take care of horses; V: make neat and trim; clean and brush (an animal) |
| profligate | wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy |
| foible | small weakness of character; slight fault; CF. feeble |
| responsiveness | state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc.; ADJ. responsive: readily reacting; Ex. responsive to treatment |
| impious | irreverent |
| mottled | blotched in coloring; spotted; Ex. mottled face; V. mottle: mark with blotches of different colors |
| pyromaniac | person with an insane desire to set things on fire |
| inveigh | denounce; utter censure or invective; Ex. inveigh against the evils of drink |
| squash | crush; quash; suppress |
