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 |
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forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
contrive | devise |
exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
habituate | to make used to something : accustom |