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 |
|---|---|
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| amend | to put right |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |