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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| wry | twist |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
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| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |