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 |
|---|---|
| finished | entirely done |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |