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 |
|---|---|
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |