GRE Word List
HUMBLE
not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive
The meaning of the word humble is not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| gnome | maxim |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| environ | encircle |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |