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 |
|---|---|
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| distend | extend |
| scourge | whip |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |