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 |
|---|---|
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| phenomena | phenomenon |