GRE Word List
PROPITIOUS
favorably disposed : benevolent
The meaning of the word propitious is favorably disposed : benevolent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| precipitant | precipitate |