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 |
|---|---|
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| throes | pang |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| pitfall | trap |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |