GRE Word List
TACT
skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence
The meaning of the word tact is skill or sensitivity in dealing with people without causing offence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exceptionable | objectionable; likely to cause dislike; offensive; CF. unexceptionable: entirely acceptable |
| extraneous | not essential; irrelevant; superfluous; external; coming from the outside; Ex. extraneous details/noise/to the subject |
| glossary | brief explanation of words used in the text |
| potable | suitable for drinking; drinkable |
| sybarite | lover of luxury; person devoted to pleasure and luxury; CF. Sybaris: an ancient Greek city in Italy |
| suture | stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound |
| flair | talent |
| ransack | search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town. |
| antique | made in an earlier period and usu. valuable; N: object that was made in an earlier period and that is rare or valuable |
| crux | essential or main point; Ex. the crux of the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding importance |
