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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mortara sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle
consortassociate
beneficialproducing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit
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disaffecteddiscontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious
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ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
piedof two or more colors in blotches
alienateto cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed