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 |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| freebooter | pirate |
| application | an act of applying: |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| obscure | dark |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |