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 |
|---|---|
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |