GRE Word List

EMOLLIENT

making soft or supple

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

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subsistencereal being : existence
buffooneryfoolish or playful behavior or practice
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
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aphorisma concise statement of a principle
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perditioneternal damnation