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 |
|---|---|
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| fulcrum | prop |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| pedestrian | commonplace |