GRE Word List
FILIAL
of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter
The meaning of the word filial is of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| mendicant | beggar |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |