GRE Word List

GINGERLY

very cautious or careful

The meaning of the word gingerly is very cautious or careful.

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ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
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moresthe fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
compactpredominantly formed or filled : composed
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vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
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recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course