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 |
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| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |