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 |
|---|---|
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| encumber | weigh down |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |