GRE Word List

EMOLLIENT

making soft or supple

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

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petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
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pronouncedstrongly marked : decided
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