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 |
|---|---|
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| leery | suspicious |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |