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 |
|---|---|
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| modish | fashionable |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |