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 |
|---|---|
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| sheer | unqualified |