GRE Word List
DOCILE
easily taught
The meaning of the word docile is easily taught.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| raiment | clothing |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |