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 |
|---|---|
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| mote | a small particle : speck |