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 |
|---|---|
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| contest | strive |
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