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 |
|---|---|
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| primal | original |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |