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 |
|---|---|
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |