GRE Word List

FACILE

easily accomplished or attained

The meaning of the word facile is easily accomplished or attained.

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WordMeaning
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
impuissanceweakness
callousbeing hardened and thickened
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
atrophydecrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive
abyssan immeasurably deep gulf or great space