GRE Word List
TANGENTIAL
touching lightly : incidental
The meaning of the word tangential is touching lightly : incidental.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| trappings | outward signs |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| realm | kingdom |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
