GRE Word List
GENTLE
free from harshness, sternness, or violence
The meaning of the word gentle is free from harshness, sternness, or violence.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |