GRE Word List

EMOLLIENT

making soft or supple

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

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optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
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halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
anarchyabsence of government
orificean opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass
componenta constituent part : ingredient
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