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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |