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 |
|---|---|
| disport | sport |
| pundit | pandit |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |