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 |
|---|---|
| opulence | wealth |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |