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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careera profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
addenduma thing added : addition
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compartmenta separate division or section
plummetto fall perpendicularly
luxuriateto grow profusely : thrive
notableworthy of note : remarkable
valedictoryof or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
referendumthe principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative