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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| portly | dignified |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |