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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| approbation | commendation |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |