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
benignof a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
precipitousprecipitate
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
noisomenoxious
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
sciondescendant
eroticof, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
pulchritudephysical comeliness