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 |
|---|---|
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| 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 |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |