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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voguepopular acceptation or favor : popularity
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encumberweigh down
apoliticalhaving no interest or involvement in political affairs
physiognomythe art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
omnipresentpresent in all places at all times
reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable
impelto urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
broochan ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck