GRE Word List
INGRATIATE
to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort
The meaning of the word ingratiate is to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| mulct | fine |