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 |
|---|---|
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| nexus | connection |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| invalid | not valid: |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| expiate | to make amends for |