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 |
|---|---|
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |