GRE Word List
GRACIOUS
marked by kindness and courtesy
The meaning of the word gracious is marked by kindness and courtesy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |