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 |
|---|---|
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |