GRE Word List
GENTLE
free from harshness, sternness, or violence
The meaning of the word gentle is free from harshness, sternness, or violence.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| prank | trick |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |