GRE Word List
GINGERLY
very cautious or careful
The meaning of the word gingerly is very cautious or careful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| bauble | trinket |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |