GRE Word List
METTLE
courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome
The meaning of the word mettle is courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; ADJ. mettlesome.
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reticent | inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence |
nomadic | wandering; N. nomad: tribe who migrates from place to place |
mangle | tear or cut to pieces; mutilate or disfigure; Ex. badly mangled bodies |
abet | assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage |
tenancy | possession of land or building by rent; period of a tenant's occupancy |
turbid | (of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed; muddy; thick |
constraint | restraint; compulsion; repression of feelings; reticence; V. constrain: hold back; restrain; compel; oblige; confine forcibly; imprison |
frisk | move about playfully; froric; ADJ. frisky: playful |
tempo | speed of music |
vigilante | one who without authority assumes law enforcement powers |