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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| hap | happening |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| unfrock | defrock |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |