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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| limp | to walk lamely |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| commune | talk over |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| vixen | a female fox |