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 |
|---|---|
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| ebullient | boiling |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |