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 |
|---|---|
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |