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 |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| polity | political organization |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |