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 |
|---|---|
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| upright | perpendicular |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |