GRE Word List
EMOLLIENT
making soft or supple
The meaning of the word emollient is making soft or supple.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |