GRE Word List
GENUFLECT
to bend the knee
The meaning of the word genuflect is to bend the knee.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |