GRE Word List
TACTFUL
having or showing tact
The meaning of the word tactful is having or showing tact.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |