GRE Word List
NAIVETE
a naive remark or action
The meaning of the word naivete is a naive remark or action.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| onus | burden |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |