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 |
|---|---|
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| charlatan | quack |