GRE Word List
GINGERLY
very cautious or careful
The meaning of the word gingerly is very cautious or careful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |