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 |
|---|---|
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |