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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WordMeaning
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makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
battaliona considerable body of troops organized to act together : army
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
warrantsanction
unfledgednot feathered : not ready for flight
hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume