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 |
|---|---|
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |