GRE Word List
OVERTURE
an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal
The meaning of the word overture is an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| groom | bridegroom |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |