GRE Word List
GINGERLY
very cautious or careful
The meaning of the word gingerly is very cautious or careful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
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| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |