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 |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| aria | air |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |