GRE Word List
EMOLLIENT
making soft or supple
The meaning of the word emollient is making soft or supple.
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| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
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| growl | rumble |
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