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
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
aphasialoss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
sinecurean office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
angularforming an angle : sharp-cornered
profusionlavish expenditure : extravagance
percussionthe act of percussing: such as