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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| hirsute | hairy |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |