GRE Word List
EMOLLIENT
making soft or supple
The meaning of the word emollient is making soft or supple.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
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| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
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