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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illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |