GRE Word List

EMOLLIENT

making soft or supple

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

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WordMeaning
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lustusually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness
derivativea word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
plagiarizeto 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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deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
mutabilityprone to change : inconstant