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 |
|---|---|
| parlance | speech |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| dart | a light spear |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |