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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foregoto go before : precede
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patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
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murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke