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 |
|---|---|
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| circlet | a little circle |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| provident | frugal |