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 |
|---|---|
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| modish | fashionable |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |