GRE Word List
DOCILE
easily taught
The meaning of the word docile is easily taught.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| poise | balance |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |