GRE Word List

TACTFUL

having or showing tact

The meaning of the word tactful is having or showing tact.

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WordMeaning
vilemorally despicable or abhorrent
pertsaucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
inordinateexceeding reasonable limits : immoderate
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
captiousmarked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
ployescapade
gentilitythe condition of belonging to the gentry