GRE Word List

EMOLLIENT

making soft or supple

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

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citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
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doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage
repineto feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
threatan expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage
affinityrelationship by marriage
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