GRE Word List
TENTATIVE
not fully worked out or developed
The meaning of the word tentative is not fully worked out or developed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| bog | wet spongy ground |