GRE Word List
TENTATIVE
not fully worked out or developed
The meaning of the word tentative is not fully worked out or developed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |