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 |
|---|---|
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |