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
self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
dissipateto break up and drive off
execrabledeserving to be execrated : detestable
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
lumberto move ponderously
sounda particular auditory impression : tone
ingenioushaving or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving
compriseto be made up of
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
interrogateto question formally and systematically