GRE Word List
GINGERLY
very cautious or careful
The meaning of the word gingerly is very cautious or careful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| rotunda | a round building |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| pummel | pound |