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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |