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 |
|---|---|
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |