GRE Word List
GUILELESS
innocent
The meaning of the word guileless is innocent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| facade | the front of a building |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |