GRE Word List
LITHE
easily bent or flexed
The meaning of the word lithe is easily bent or flexed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |