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 |
|---|---|
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| refrain | curb |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |