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 |
|---|---|
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| trappings | outward signs |
| niggle | trifle |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |