GRE Word List

WINSOME

generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence

The meaning of the word winsome is generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence.

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WordMeaning
graphitea soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
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fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
vulgarlacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
cowerto shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
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decoya pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture
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