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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WordMeaning
ravagean act or practice of ravaging
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
temperamentcharacteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response
wiltloose freshness; droop
turbulencethe quality or state of being turbulent: such as
chagrindisquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl
consistencyagreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)