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 |
|---|---|
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| veracious | truthful |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| rider | one that rides |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| exegesis | exposition |
| purse | a small bag for money |