GRE Word List
UNASSUMING
not assuming : modest
The meaning of the word unassuming is not assuming : modest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| exhume | disinter |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |