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 |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
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| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |