GRE Word List
GINGERLY
very cautious or careful
The meaning of the word gingerly is very cautious or careful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| leery | suspicious |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |