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 |
|---|---|
| devotee | an ardent follower, supporter, or enthusiast (as of a religion, art form, or sport) |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| duration | continuance in time |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
