GRE Word List
EMOLLIENT
making soft or supple
The meaning of the word emollient is making soft or supple.
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unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
apoplexy | stroke |
caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |