GRE Word List
GINGERLY
very cautious or careful
The meaning of the word gingerly is very cautious or careful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |