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 |
|---|---|
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |