GRE Word List
EMOLLIENT
soothing or softening remedy (for the skin); ADJ.
The meaning of the word emollient is soothing or softening remedy (for the skin); ADJ..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waylay | ambush; lie in wait for and attack |
| frolic | play and jump about happily; frisk; Ex. frolicking young lambs |
| hirsute | hairy; having a lot of hair |
| phenomena | observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation; SG. phenomenon: observable fact; very unusual person, thing, or event; marvel; wonder; CF. phenomenons; ADJ. phenomenal: very unusual; extraordinary; of a phenomenon; Ex. phenomenal strength |
| outcast | one that has been excluded from a society; ADJ. |
| coalition | partnership; league; union of separate political parties |
| raffle | lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle; Ex. raffle off a new car |
| existential | pertaining to existence; pertaining to the philosophy of existentialism |
| axiom | self-evident truth requiring no proof |
| conceit | vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry) |