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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illimitableincapable of being limited or bounded : measureless
propheticof, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
proprietythe quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
ambidextroususing both hands with equal ease or dexterity
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
litotesunderstatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy")
recessionthe act or action of receding : withdrawal
staticexerting force by reason of weight alone without motion