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 |
|---|---|
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |