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 |
|---|---|
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |