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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WordMeaning
negligencethe quality or state of being negligent
matriarcha woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state
underlyinglying beneath or below
brindledhaving obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
surmountto prevail over : overcome
subpoenaa writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
censurea judgment involving condemnation
abodethe place where one lives : home