GRE Word List
DOCILE
easily taught
The meaning of the word docile is easily taught.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |