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 |
|---|---|
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| significant | having meaning |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| brazen | made of brass |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |