GRE Word List

PROPITIOUS

favorably disposed : benevolent

The meaning of the word propitious is favorably disposed : benevolent.

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WordMeaning
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
legislaturea body of persons having the power to legislate
inklinga slight knowledge or vague notion
putrefyto make putrid
gratuitousnot called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
avuncularsuggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality
machinationsan act of machinating
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
convoketo call together to a meeting
precipitantprecipitate