GRE Word List
NAIVETE
quality of being unsophisticated; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility; ADJ. naive(na\"ive): ingenuous; lacking worldliness; simple; credulous
The meaning of the word naivete is quality of being unsophisticated; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility; ADJ. naive(na\"ive): ingenuous; lacking worldliness; simple; credulous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassable | not able to be traveled or crossed |
| thesis | opinion put forward and supported by reasoned arguments |
| innate | inborn |
| mealymouthed | indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive |
| projectile | missile; fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet) |
| impinge | infringe; encroach; influence; touch; collide with; Ex. The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives. |
| idle | not working; not employed or busy; lazy; without purpose; useless; lacking substance; baseless; not based on truth; Ex. idle worker; Ex. talk idly; V. |
| tonsure | shaving of the head especially by person entering religious orders; V. |
| sunder | separate; part; CF. asunder |
| satire | form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly |
