GRE Word List
COMPLAISANT
marked by an inclination to please or oblige
The meaning of the word complaisant is marked by an inclination to please or oblige.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| appease | pacify |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |