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 |
|---|---|
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| diva | prima donna |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |