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 |
|---|---|
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
