GRE Word List
GRACIOUS
marked by kindness and courtesy
The meaning of the word gracious is marked by kindness and courtesy.
Random words
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demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |