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 |
|---|---|
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| menial | a person doing menial work |