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 |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| fleck | streak |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |