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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| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| groom | bridegroom |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| aptitude | inclination |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |