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 |
|---|---|
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| dire | exciting horror |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |