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 |
|---|---|
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| calorific | caloric |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |