GRE Word List
RETICENT
inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
The meaning of the word reticent is inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| outgoing | going away : departing |