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 |
|---|---|
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |