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.

Random words

WordMeaning
stifleto withhold from circulation or expression
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
chuckleto laugh inwardly or quietly
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill
flightyswift
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
harryto make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault
vapidlacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat
incommodiousnot commodious : inconvenient