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 |
|---|---|
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| trenchant | keen |
| privy | private |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| clipper | one that clips something |