GRE Word List
KNACK
a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach
The meaning of the word knack is a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| countenance | look |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |