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 |
|---|---|
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| malediction | curse |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |