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 |
|---|---|
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |