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 |
|---|---|
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| warrant | sanction |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
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| acme | the highest point or stage |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| gnome | maxim |
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