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 |
|---|---|
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |