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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WordMeaning
gentlefree from harshness, sternness, or violence
ancillarysubordinate
barragea dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication
homelysuggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home
reserveto hold in reserve : keep back
dotagea state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness
retainto keep in possession or use
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent