GRE Word List
OPTIMIST
a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism
The meaning of the word optimist is a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |