GRE Word List

TACT

a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense

The meaning of the word tact is a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense.

Random words

WordMeaning
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
stoutstrong of character: such as
verbiagea profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
aberrantdeviating from the usual or natural type : atypical
interloperone that interlopes: such as
polarof or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it
pass_offpresent falsely; represent falsely to be
misconstrueto interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
transcendentaltranscendent