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 |
|---|---|
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| pediatrician | a specialist in pediatrics |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |