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 |
|---|---|
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |