GRE Word List
FAWNING
seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery
The meaning of the word fawning is seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |