GRE Word List

EMOLLIENT

making soft or supple

The meaning of the word emollient is making soft or supple.

Random words

WordMeaning
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
arduoushard to accomplish or achieve : difficult
cohabitto live together as or as if a married couple
oligarchygovernment by the few
inclineto bend the head or body forward : bow
betrothto promise to marry
rapturean expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion
saturateto satisfy fully : satiate
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe