GRE Word List
UNWITTING
not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know
The meaning of the word unwitting is not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disingenuous | not naive; not candid; sophisticated; worldly wise; OP. ingenuous |
| negligible | so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded |
| smolder | smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be liable to break out at any moment; exist in a suppressed state; Ex. smoldering anger |
| macerate | soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; Ex. macerate powdered wood to make paper |
| stun | make unconscious or numb as by a blow; amaze; astound |
| cremate | incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory, crematorium |
| ebullient | showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling; N. ebullience; N. ebullition: state of boiling |
| scrimmage | disorderly fight between two or more people |
| harbinger | forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come) |
| impotent | weak; ineffective; lacking in physical strength or power |
