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 |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
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| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
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| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |