GRE Word List
INGENUOUS
showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
The meaning of the word ingenuous is showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
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| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |