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 |
|---|---|
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |