GRE Word List
CORPULENT
having a large bulky body : obese
The meaning of the word corpulent is having a large bulky body : obese.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chivalrous | valiant |
| parlance | speech |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |