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 |
|---|---|
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |