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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pending | during |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| flighty | swift |