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

WordMeaning
apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
potiona mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine)
engageto 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
reprisala retaliatory act
skirmisha minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements
cameoa gem carved in relief (see relief
conducivetending to promote or assist
edicta proclamation having the force of law
denigrateto attack the reputation of : defame
dregssediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate