GRE Word List
GRACIOUS
marked by kindness and courtesy
The meaning of the word gracious is marked by kindness and courtesy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |