GRE Word List

GENUFLECT

to bend the knee

The meaning of the word genuflect is to bend the knee.

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inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain
slavishof or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude
inhibitedto prohibit from doing something
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
marsupialany of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young
luxuriantyielding abundantly : fertile
antagonismopposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle
felonone who has committed a felony