GRE Word List
TACIT
expressed or carried on without words or speech
The meaning of the word tacit is expressed or carried on without words or speech.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| indite | make up |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |