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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| leave-taking | departure |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| fester | to generate pus |