GRE Word List
GINGERLY
very cautious or careful
The meaning of the word gingerly is very cautious or careful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |