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 |
|---|---|
| conflagration | fire |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |