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 |
|---|---|
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| collate | to compare critically |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| hallowed | holy |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |